California: Federal Inquiry Sought in Shooting

By The Associated Press

Jan. 18, 2016

The family of a black man shot and killed by the San Francisco police in an encounter captured on video is demanding a federal civil rights investigation. The family has asked the Department of Justice to investigate the officers who shot the man, Mario Woods, 26, on Dec. 2 and review the Police Department’s use of deadly force, stops and detention and searches of black and Latino residents for possible civil rights violations. According to the police, five officers shot and killed Mr. Woods after he appeared to raise an eight-inch knife and approach an officer. Mr. Woods’s family has disputed that account and filed a lawsuit against the department.

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